Manufacture of fire-kindlers.



'PATENTED APR. 21, 1903. B. O.-SAOHSE.

MANUFACTURE OF FIRE KINDLERS.

APPLICATION I'ILED JUNE 3, 1902. N0 MODEL. i

u mun" I I 2M1 UNITED 'STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST OQJSAOHSE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MANUFACTURE OF FIRE-KINDLERS'.

sPEcIFIoATmiv forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,993, dated April21, 1903. Application filed June 3, 1902. Serial No. 110,031. (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it ntay concern;

Be it known that I, ERNEST 'O. SAOHsE,-a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Fire-Kindlers;. and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains'to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in theprocess of manufacture, and in fire-kindlers, and in describing theinvention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, and wherein like letters ofreference will be employed for designating like parts throughouttheseveral views, in which H Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form ofa cake or block of improved fire-kindler as manufactured by my improvedprocess. Fig. 2 is an underneath plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an endview-thereof. Fig. 4 is an underneath plan view of a modified form ofcake or block of the kindler. Fig. 5 is a modification showing anotherform of block or cake. Fig.6 is a horizontal sectional view of anothermodification. Figs. 7 and 8 are respective underneath and sideelevations of another modification, and Fig. 9 is a crosssectional viewof the form shown in Fig. 6.

In carrying out my process I employ in connection therewith a mold ofapproved form, a preferable form of which has been made the subject of aseparate application for Letters Patent. I employ a mold having a seriesof compartments in which the composition entering into the kindler isplaced after being treated in a specific manner, as will be described,whereby the material is formed into cakes or blocks that are allowed toharden after solidifying in the mold and are then treated in a specificmanner with a composition to be later described.

The kindler produced by my new process consists of a composition ormixture of stablemanure, dried hops, cut hay, wood-chips, shavings, andthe like. Suitable quantities of each of these materials are used, andthe mixture is placed in a kettle of suitable size, then subjected toheat, and thoroughly mixed. A prepared solution is then mixed with thepreviously-described mixture, this solution preferably consisting ofrosin, oil, and tar in suitable proportions, or, if desired, the rosinalone may be. .usedand the other two ingredients omitted, though Iprefer to use the mixtureas stated. This mixture as now produced isfurther subjected to heat for a considerable length of time and is thentaken out of the kettle and placed in a mold, preferably provided with anumber of compartments, as aforestated. When the mixture as removed fromthe kettle is placed in the mold, it is subjected to enormous pressurein order to solidify the mixture in the different compartments of themold. After being subjected to pressure'and solidified within the moldthe cakes or blocks into which the mixture has been formed are removedfrom the mold and are dipped in another prepared solution of rosin, oil,and tar. 'The kindler even afterbeing subjected to the pressure issufficiently porous to absorb the solution, and after the absorption thekindler is ready for use.

I have heretofore stated specific materials and ingredients which form avery desirable product; but I do not limit myself to the materials oringredients stated, as in the manufacture I have used the refuse of hopsfrom breweries, stable manure, horse bedding, wood-chips, shavings, cuthay, straw, corncobs, and like materials. Suitable proportions of eachare used and, as stated, are placed in a kettle and subjected to heatand thoroughly heated while being thoroughly mixed during the heatingprocess, and during the heating process the mixture or solution ofrosin, oil, and tar, and in addition, if desired, pitch, may be added.

The mold which I employ and which has been made the subject for aseparate application for Letters Patent is'so constructed that when themixture is subjected to the pressure a portion of the mixture is forceddown into depressions in the mold, so. as to form feet or projections oneach cake or block of the kindler, these feet or projections serving tosupport the body of the cake or kindler above the grate on which itrests, so

that the fire may have free access in under and around the same.

In the accompanyingdrawings I haveshown various forms of cakes or blocksof the kindler, in Fig. l a representing the body of a substantiallyoblong cake or block having feet Z), difierent views of this same cakebeing shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In Fig. 4 the body 0 is substantiallyrectangular with rounded ends and substantially oval-shaped feet d, andin Fig. 5 the body 0 is of the same form as shown in Fig. 4, while thefeet 6 are shown as extending the width of the cake Figs. 7 and 8 showthe body f of a circular form and the feet f of a segment shape, whilein Figs. 6 and Qthe body a has a plurality of feet or supportingprojections I).

It will be evident that the article may be manufactured in any desiredshapes.

Suit-able proportions of the ingredients or substances are employed inthe mixture and also suitable proportions of the ingredients in thesolutions.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described process for producing fire-kindler, consistingof heating a mixture of inflammable material, thoroughly mixing the sameduring the heating thereof, adding a solution of inflammable ingredientsto the heating mixture, then removing the mixture and subjecting thesame to pressure to solidify the same, and finally treating thesolidified mixture to a solution of inflammable ingredients,substantially as described.

2. Theherein-described process for producing fire-kindler consisting ofheating a mixture of inflammable materials, addinga solution ofinflammable ingredients to the mixture during the heating, subjectingthe mixture to pressure after it is thoroughly heated and mixed tosolidify the same, and finally dipping the solidified mixture in acomposition of in flammable ingredients, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST G. SAOHSE.

Witnesses:

RUDOLF HOPFF, \VM. 0. BoLM.

